Australia thanks SL

10 April 2012 10:17 am

While confirming the departure of Frontline Socialist Party’s leader Kumar Gunaratnam’s from Sri Lanka, the Australian authorities today thanked the police and other agencies in Sri Lanka for facilitating his departure.

A spokesman for Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade told Daily Mirror that the person who went missing in Kiribathgoda, Sri Lanka is safe.
“We can confirm a 42 year old man from New South Wales who was reported missing in the region of Kiribathgoda, Sri Lanka is safe and well.

The Australian High Commissioner in Colombo escorted the man to the airport and confirmed his departure from Sri Lanka. Australian authorities have thanked the police and other agencies in Sri Lanka for facilitating the man’s departure from Sri Lanka,” the spokesman said.Also, he said that Consular Officers in Canberra had been liaising with the man’s family in Australia.

“The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is unable provide any further information on this matter due to our privacy obligations to our consular client,” he said. (Kelum Bandara)